As it is now 12:03 am, I can be the first to wish you all a Happy Canada Day!!
Well, lucky us, looks as though our American neighbours have a nice birthday present in store for us...read on....
Today, the Devil's Lake waste disposal project was brought to my attention. Essentially the state of North Dakota plans to pump contaminated water from Devil's Lake into the Red River, thus polluting Manitoba's rivers, lakes, and beaches. The damage is quoted as "irreversible".
As stated on the Friends of the Earth website (yes, cheezy name, very "save the whales"-esque)
"the construction of the Devils Lake Outlet is in violation of the Boundary Water Treaty; the Treaty applies to rivers and lakes shared by the United States and Canada. It bars the United States from polluting Canadian waters...
Canada has been asking the U.S. government for 14 months to stop the Devils Lake project in North Dakota from going ahead as planned on July 1. So far, a decision has not been made.
A friend of mine has put together an online petition. Please visit the site, and sign up.
More info can be found here
and here
We need to stop letting the United States shit all over us....and in this case, literally!
Haha...great minds think alike. Just saw a similar post on his site. I guess it runs in the family....
